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For months (almost a year, since the first intranet project in which I saw OSQA) I've followed this site silently, and now I ask myself if the project will continue to being supported. I mean, with the arrival of Qato, despite the assurances of Rick Ross, the discussions here seem to have become minimal, with many unanswered questions, the documentation is still lacking and the main channel of information is this where a few deserving people do their best to provide support... Do not get me wrong, I like this project. I like the idea behind it and the stability. What future plans are reserved to OSQA? |
The question has been closed for the following reason "Too subjective and argumentative" by rickross 16 Jun '11, 22:26
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@Usin, I think it might help you to understand more clearly that OSQA is a product of DZone which we happen to share as an open source project with everyone else. We do quite a lot of work on OSQA, and multiple DZone team members usually touch the OSQA codebase on any given day. We support customers with large, high-value deployments, and we consider each and every trouble ticket that gets filed. What we do NOT do, however, is try to persuade you or anyone else to use OSQA. We're pretty much going to take the project wherever it is good for DZone, and that generally correlates well with the purposes of outside users, too. We all want good performance, stability and an app that is reasonably easy to manage. So, we don't have a roadmap for the public. We don't have brochures, demo videos, and lists of the top 10 reasons why you should choose OSQA over any other Q&A solution. If you wish to use OSQA, then you certainly have our enthusiastic permission to do so. If you want to use something else, we won't argue. In general, the open source aspect of OSQA is a substantial cost center that DZone supports. You'd be surprised by the number of people who seem to think that offering our OSQA codebase as open source also obligates us to include their priorities in our design decisions and/or to provide free support. OSQA is very actively supported, but it is actively supported by the business that has built it and uses it for business purposes. Our priorities are driven mainly by our own needs and the needs of our customers. Wherever that is compatible with the needs and desires of free open source users it is just icing on the cake - an added bonus. I also wanted to throw an additional comment into the ring. Since the last beta release of OSQA, there have been probably 100 bug fixes and new features added. OSQA is generally pretty stable, and at some point you have to consider whether to add features for features sake!
(16 Jun '11, 11:29)
matt ♦♦
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I agree, at least partially. As I said, I like this project.
But I do not like being treated like a rat lab (differently from what is proposed on the homepage). IMHO, this project, before the addition of new features, requires documentation and clarity, which is still missing (despite promises) and that are very, very important things.
(16 Jun '11, 17:52)
Usin
@Usin, we have been absolutely candid and straight with you. DZone invests a lot and shares our high-quality software product freely with you, but you're talking like you're some kind of victim. Enjoy what we offer or go build your own software, but don't come to our site to complain as if we've treated you poorly. That is simply not the case.
(16 Jun '11, 22:21)
rickross ♦♦
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